Wind-wheel.



J. A. BENNETT.

WIND WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1911.

1,015,41 6*.- Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CU..\\H\SI||NG I JUDSON A. BENNETT, OF CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO.

WIND-WHEEL.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed March 7, 1911.

; Patented Jan. 23,1912.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, J UDSON A. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clovis, in the county of Curry and State of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wind-VVheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wind wheels of that class which are designed to face the wind in a plane substantially at right angles to the line of the wind,'and called, vertical wind wheels. Its object is toprovide means forsupporting unusually large wheels eX- tending nearly to the ground, to utilize very light winds, especially in sections of the country where there are few or no obstructions, such as hills andvtrees.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination of parts form ing a wind wheel, hereinafter more fully described, and particularly set forth in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a wind wheel according to my invention. Fig. 2, shows a plan view of the same.

Numeral 5 represents awind wheelmounted on a shaft 6, which is journaled at both ends in bearings. The bearing 7 carrying the inner or transmitting end, is journaled to rotate horizontally upon a central trunnion 14: which is fixed upon some stationary support, such as the derrick 8, so that the 'wind' wheel may swing around this central support, to face the wind blowing from any point of the compass. the outer end of the shaft, is mounted on a truck comprising the supporting frame 12.-

and wheels 13. These Wheels travel upon a circular track 15, which is located concentrically with the trunnion 14, upon suitable supports 16, that are fixed in the ground.

The central support may be any suitable device, such as a mast, or tower, or the derrick 8, as shown. Stay braces 17, connect the periphery of the wheel 5, with the main shaft 6, near the central bearing 7, by means of a collar 18, that is fixed on the shaft, the collar and braces being parts of the wheel The bearing '11, foraforesaid shaft between its in presence of two witnesses.

andrevolvingv therewith; .This wheel is Serial No. 612,962. v T 1 preferably mounted so as to point the cenf tral end of its shaft toward the wind, as that is the position it would normally assume if left free to be swung by the wind.

The wordshorizontalshaft are used, 1n the general sense, as indicating a shaft truly horizontal, or one a little. inclined'to bring the wheel at right angles with the support of the shaft and the bracing sup ports to the outer ends of the vanes enable ranged to utilize the winds on the plains.

It may be used for oil well drilling and general trend of the wind. .The outerend p1 1mping; for irrigation pumping,andfor] allpurposes requiring local power. 1;.

g to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent What ,I believe is briefly stated in the following claims- 1. "A wind wheel mounted on a shaft having a bearing ateach end, one of the bear- "ings being journaled on a ffixture for horizontal' rotation, and the other bearing mounted on a truck provlded with wheels; a a

circular track for the truckwheels to travel p u on r and sta 1s braces connectin the oeriphery of the wind wheel with its own shaft near the center of horizontal rotation.

2111 a wind wheel, a horizontal shaft having a hearing at each end, one of the bearings being journaledon a fixture for horizontal rotation; a'truck carrying the other bearing and mounted on wheels; a

circular track for the truck wheels to travel upon; a wind wheel mounted upon the bearlngs; and stay braces connecting the periphery of this In testimony whereof I affix my signature Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, I). 0.

(Commissioner of Patents,

9O wind wheel with its own shaft near the center of horlzontal revolution. 

